2016 Drawing Template with 2019 Assembly is it possible?

I have an issue with the Bill of Materials in 2019 Std. It is unstable and causes me a lot of wasted time by re-creating it after it crashes. I did report it to the local supplier and guess what? They can help me.

Anyway, I am thinking of any workaround possible.

Is there a way? that, I can launch 2016 Std version and open a drawing template and then, INSERT a 2019 Std version of parts/assemblies.

what bill of material are you using? Excel based, or the SolidWorks bom template?

I would try to create a new template for the bom if the one I was inserting was crashing the program.

I would also look at the assembly in the template and make sure that there are no errors.

I would also look at the options for the display of the bom, change some of those around, and see if there was something different that I could do to get it to stick without crashing.

I would try tech support again. There is nothing wrong with asking for another tech, if you do not like the answer that you are getting. Some guys can be having a bad day, to a bad week, and don't want to put the time in. With the increased ability to link into and share the screen, they should be able to get into your computer and see what is causing the problem, and at least tell you that it is a hardware issue ect.

Wilbert Flora here is a new one. in the assembly insert the bom. not the drawing. then I believe that you will be able to save that bom out as an excel file. Then you are bypassing the drawing that is causing the crash maybe?

I have been trying lot's of work around by doing some of what was shared in this discussion and here is what I found out.

I can insert the exploded assembly drawing into the drawing template plus I can also insert the BOM List. Save, close and open the drawing NO problem. Now, here is the issue. When I insert a BALLOON into the exploded assembly it seems to be doing fine. Then, I save the file and close the drawing.

When I tried to open the file. That is that time when the crash happens. When you do a simple assembly, this may not occur. I already did send a report to the local distributor and they will send it to the proper department for the solution.